Natural trumpet, E-flat
Maker
Wolf Magnus (I) Ehe
Date1720 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: MACHT = WOLF = MAGNUS = EHE / IN - NURNB. =MarkingsMaster’s mark with initials engraved on bell garland: W = M = [laurel wreath] E
DescriptionBrass; garland with straight upper edge with three engraved lines and tulip engraving; Nuremberg rim with rolled wire with floral decoration; ferrules with impressed floral design; wooden block and tassels possibly original.
Attribution to Wolf Magnus Ehe I on the basis of the master's mark.
DimensionsHeight: 670 mm
Tube length: 2019 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.7 mm, 10.6 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1999 from André Bissonnet, Paris, France.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 98-100, 102, 107-8, 11, 118, 122, 124, 135, 260, 290-2.
Larson, André P. "Joe & Joella Utley Donate More Than 500 Rare Brass Instruments," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XXVI, No. 4 (November 1999), p. 2.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07410
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